Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated October 20, 1995, Docket No. 94-R2D1-2666 (Sacramento, CA). Manuel M. Melgoza, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: Nabil Bouri, Owner. For DOSH: Joel D. Halverson, Associate Safety Engineer.
Employer was the subject of a complaint-based inspection. The Division cited for a serious violation and proposed a $560 penalty.
Saws, Guarding [4302(a)]--Exposure to Hazard. Serious violation and $560 penalty affirmed. The cited safety order, titled "Circular Knives and Crosscut Saws (Class B)," states in subsection (a) that: "A hood shall be used that will cover the saw blade to at least the depth of the teeth or cove
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